Mire
[ 'maiə ]
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n. <尤文>泥潭;
vt.& vi. 深陷;
📝 例句
He has rescued me from the mire of misery.
他把我从苦海里救了出来。
He would pull himself out of the mire.
他要把自己拨出泥淖。
I sank in deep mire; I felt no standing.
我陷入深深的泥潭；我觉得没有立足之处。
The bus has stuck in the mire.
汽车陷入了泥坑中。
Don' t mire the wheels of a cart.
不要让车轮陷于泥坑。
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ 谐音“卖儿”:被卖的儿女到地主家当长工陷入了泥潭
※ mi-拼音“密”,re-谐音“热”:又密又热的地方→沼泽,困境
※ admire-羡慕,mire-泥潭:人民公仆要艰苦朴素不要羡慕别人的豪华生活,否则就会陷入不能自拔的泥潭
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
mire
n[U]
1 swampy ground or bog; soft deep mud 沼地; 泥潭; 泥浆; 淤泥
sink into/get stuck in the mire 陷入泥坑.
2 (idm 习语) drag sb/sb's name through the mire/mud => drag.
🔁 扩展释义
*[maiә]n. 泥沼, 泥泞vt. 使陷于泥泞, 使陷入困境vi. 掉进泥坑【化】 淤渣; 淤泥; 矿泥【医】 梯形目标相关词组: find oneself in the mire
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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Don't let it get you down. it will be over with soon.
别为此烦恼。 事情很快就会过去的。
What do you do for relaxation?
你做什么消遣？
It was not forced upon them by the survival competition; they could have caught and lived on prey without using poison, just as the thousands of non-poisonous snakes still do.
毒液不是生存竞争强加给它们的，它们也可以不用毒液捕捉动物而生存，就像今天成千上万的无毒蛇那样。